Snapshots

Snow enthusiasts February 2023 - Eva, Christian, Hana, Nan, Sabrina and Helliomar
2023 Winter Fun
It's cold out there - let's do some applied science!
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The group in Fall 2022 - Helliomar, Nan, Sabrina, Hana, Ryan, Christian, Eva, Connor, Abbie and Sinedu (missing Trinity and Alexandre)!
2022 Fall Lunch Picnic
Celebrating the colourful fall and the people in the group
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2022 Summer Get-Together
Exploring Gatineau Park together with the group - from Lac Pink to Lac Philippe
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The group in Winter 2022 - Finally an in-person group picture!
2022 Winter Walk
Embracing the cold and having some fun at Ottawa's Mud Lake and Britannia Beach!
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022: Celebrating our ladies!
2021 Halloween Pumpkin Contest
Getting spooky with upconversion and brain imaging!
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Summer Picnic 2021 at Rideau River
Fully vaccinated, fully outdoors, fully enjoyed - our first in-person get-together since too long. So nice to see everyone!
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The group in June 2021 - Still on Zoom... (missing: Adam and Alexandre)
The group in September 2020 - Happy to have everyone back and to see quite a few new faces in the lab and online (missing: Amanda)!
Summer 2020 - The group (from left to right: Emille, Nan, Fathi, Eva) is celebrating the reopening of the lab and Nan's PhD Scholarship by the Chinese Scholarship Council. Congrats, Nan!
06 February 2020 - Congratulations, Ilias, for having defended your Master's Thesis! Best wishes for your PhD thesis at the University of Toronto!
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The group in October 2019 - Tina, Nicholas, Parrish, Nikita, Fathi, Ilias, Eva, Emille, and Nan
31 October 2019 - Congratulations, Nan, for having defended your Master's Thesis! Best wishes for your PhD project!
August 2019: Saying Goodbye to summer student Nabojit - Stay in touch and all the best!
(Manjot. Nan, Tina, Ilias, Eva, Nabojit, and Emille)
The group in July 2019 - Ilias, Nelson, Nabojit, Manjot, Tina,
​Nan, Emille and Eva (missing: Nikita)
Summer Potluck Picnic 2019 at Major's Hill Park
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Summer 2019 is "MITCAS Globalink summer"
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Nabojit from India spends the summer with us in Canada, while Nikita from our group is currently performing optical experiments in Spain. 
Riccardo's Farewell Party - April 2019
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Bringing together friends of lanthanides, luminescence, magnetism, molecules and materials to discuss science and to network!
Faduma, Ilias, and Nan present their work on nanoparticles and quantum dots at the
​uOttawa Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day
The group in August 2018 - Faduma, Eva, Riccardo, Steven, Nan, Ilias and Nikita
By-product of our collaboration with the Murugesu Group: Luminescent nail polish! 
 Having fun with Materials Chemistry:
Riccardo and Nikita presented their work on lanthanide-based materials - "They are awesome. And I mean that!" (Riccardo about the lanthanides)
Riccardo in his natural habitat (with freshly prepared CuS nanos)
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The group in September 2017 - Front: Ilias, Nathaniel, Nan. Back: Eva, Fadi, Nikita. Missing: Kinna
Celebrating the end of the 2017 Winter Term with Rebecca, Yacine, Jamal, Jeffry, Kinna and Alex
Congrats to Rebecca, ​Jeffry and Alex for their successful Honours Projects!
Lab Members August 2016: Alex, Nathaniel and Rayan (Drawing by Nathaniel)